Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1901 — FAVOR BRANDING NEGROES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAVOR BRANDING NEGROES.

Many White People of Georgia Agree With Bishop Tnrner. The utterances of Bishop Turner, the Afro-Methodist churchman, regarding the negro criminals made at Atlanta, Ga., have caused considerable discussion in that city. Many of the white people of the state are in favor of an exodus of negroes, while others be-

lieve in upholding the law as it Is now framed. Bishop Turner reiterated his opinion and said: "I am as much convinced as ever that African emigration would bfe best for the negro and best for the white man. There is an irresistible conflict between whites and blacks but separation can reeontfffe and put an end to. Our children are generated and nurtured under a malignant and misanthropic excitement that will wreck this country and make our civilization a hiss and a byword. And if it is a fact that the negro will not let white women alone, Qien white men owe it to their manhood and honesty to get rid of him and If they will open up a highway to Africa, millions of the black race will go. Rather than shed so much blood, and possibly some innocent blood, you had better enact laws to brand these fools and scoundrels and crop their ears and banish them to Africa.”

BISHOP HENRY M. TURNER.